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Authors | Phoebe Ayers |
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Publication date | 2014 |
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Wikipedia, User-Generated Content, and the Future of Reference Sources - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2014, written by Phoebe Ayers.
Overview
Wikipedia, User-Generated Content, and the Future of Reference Sources Phoebe Ayers, Wikimedia Foundation and University of California, Davis Every month, millions of reference questions—ranging from bar bets to homework queries, from television watchers curious about the next epi- sode to doctors getting up to speed on obscure diseases—are answered by consulting Wikipedia (http://wikipedia.org), the free online encyclope- dia. Just over half a billion people access Wikipedia’s 31 million articles in over 200 languages every month, making it by far the most-used refer- ence work in the world. Given this extraordinary reach, what should the relationship between librarians and Wikipedia be? What role do authors have in ensuring that patrons and students use it appropriately and well, and how can libraries and librarians help make the site better? And what lessons can authors draw from evaluating Wikipedia to apply to other user- generated reference resources? This chapter will explore the relationship between librarians and the world’s largest reference work. It will give a brief overview of how Wikipe- dia works and how librarians can contribute. It will then examine other us- er-generated content sites and the benefits and challenges of such projects. HOW WIKIPEDIA WORKS Wikipedia is always changing. Each day, thousands of edits are made to thousands of articles, in a collective process of writing and editing by large- ly anonymous contributors. Some edits add whole new paragraphs, refer- ences, and ideas; some simply fix a typo, or add a category or a picture. Most edits make articles incrementally better. Some edits are not construc-
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Ayers, Phoebe. (2014). "[[Wikipedia, User-Generated Content, and the Future of Reference Sources]]". Purdue Univeristy Press.
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Ayers, Phoebe. (2014). "<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Wikipedia,_User-Generated_Content,_and_the_Future_of_Reference_Sources">Wikipedia, User-Generated Content, and the Future of Reference Sources</a>". Purdue Univeristy Press.
